When it comes to selecting a mate, the eyes have it
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 15:35
in Biology & Nature
For the first time ever, scientists have found a difference in the way males and females of the same species of vertebrate see things -- and that sexes likely use that difference to select their mates. The research team also discovered that the fish have five different photoreceptor cones in their eyes, the most ever found in a vertebrate.